Combined cigarette lighter and cigarette package holder



1934- v E. B. WlLuAMs 1,970,158

COMBINED CIGARETTE LiGHTER AND CIGARETTE PACKAGE HOLDER Filed Sept. 28,1935 Jg z -BY 2417M MIST-1M ATTORN EY$ atente Aug. 14, 1934 STATESCOMBINED CIGARETTE LIGHTER AND CIGARETTE PACKAGE HQHJDER Edward B. m

, New York, N. Y.

Application September 2a, 1933, Serial No. 691,306

SCIlaims.

This invention relates to a device intended for attachment to a packageof cigarettes to protect the cigarettes and support and maintain theshape of the package. The invention also includes a cigarette lighterwhich is ignited by the opening movement of a cover member for thepackage and extinguished by a closing movement of said cover.

The object of the invention is to provide a combination device of thischaracter which will fit on a standard paper-covered package ofcigarettes and'which will serve to not only maintain the shape of thepackage and prevent the cigarettes therein from being crushed when thepackage is carried in the pocket, but which will also provide theconvenience of an automatic lighting means which is ignited when thecover member of the device is slid open to permit the removal of acigarette from the package. By a closing movement of the cover, thelighter is automatically extinguished. The operation of the lighter isthus automatically performed without requiring any additional effort onthe part of the user.

These and other objects are attained by the structure hereinafterdescribed and set forth in the annexed claims.

In the accompanying drawing, Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a cigarettepackage with the com- 39 bined protecting frame and cigarette lighterattached thereto; Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same;

Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 3-3 of Fig.

2, looking in the direction of the arrows; Fig. 4

is a view of the underside of the sliding cover.

plate; Fig. 5 is a plan view of the structure shown in Figs. 1 and 2,showing the cover plate in its open position; Fig. 6 is a sectional viewon the line 66 of Fig. 2, looking'in the direction of is arrows; Fig. 7is a sectional view on the line 4w 7-7 of Fig. 3, looking in thedirection of the arrows; Fig. 8 is a side elevation of the combinedreinforcing frame and lighter, looking at the side thereof opposite tothat shown in Fig. 1; and Fig. 9 is a horizontal sectional view adjacentthe top of the device showing the upper end of the fuel chamber.

In the drawing, 10 and 11 indicate the opposite side members or legs ofthe frame of the device, these sides being of sheet metal and ofskeleton 59 form and adapted to be inserted between the outer wrapper 12of a cigarette package and the inner wrapper 13 thereof. The sidemembers or legs 16 and 11 are spaced the proper distance apart so thatthey embrace the package, and form part of a relatively rigid framewhich reenforces the package and maintains the shape of it to preventcrushing of the cigarettes 14 contained within the package. At theirupper ends, the sides 10 and 11 are united by an integral, fixed topplate 15 which is spaced from a lower similar fixed plate 16. Betweenthe two plates 15 and 16 is a slid-' able cover plate 17 which is ofgreater length than the fixed plates 15 and 16, so that when in itsclosed position it completely covers the top of the package, as shown inFig. 2 and conceals the cigarettes therein contained. The top plate 15of the frame is provided with a longitudinal slot 18 within which ascrew 19, secured to the sliding cover plate 16, projects and ismovable. The screw 19 is preferably provided with a rounded headenabling it to be easily engaged by the finger to slide the cover 17back and forth to either expose a number of the cigarettes 14 in thepackage to permit their successive removal therefrom, or else tocompletely close the top of the package. 1

At one of its ends, the top plate 16 is bent down at 20, said bent-downportion being formed integral with, or secured to the upper end of anelongated, relatively flat fuel chamber 21 which lies flat against oneedge of the cigarette package, and by reason of its shape does notmaterially increase the size of the package. The chamber 21 has anenlarged upper portion 22 provided with a closure screw 23 through whicha wick 24 extends. Said wick projects downwardly into the interior ofthe fuel chamber, which may be either filled with an inflammable liquid25 or else may be packed with an absorbent material saturated with sucha liquid. With either arrangement, the wick 24 is kept saturated withthe inflammable liquid so that its projecting upper end may be ignitedby means of a spark produced by diagonally frictional contact of anabrasive strip 26 located on the under face of the sliding cover member17 with a flint or piece of pyrophoric material 27 projecting above theupper end of the fuel chamber and located adjacent to the upper end ofthe wick 24 as shown in Figs. 6 and 9.

In using the device, the smoker places his thumb against the roundedhead of the screw 19 and pushes it toward the right, when viewed as inFig. 1. This slides the cover 1'? toward the right, and since the coverplates 15 and 16 of 105 the frame are of shorter length than the top ofthe cigarette package, the sliding movement of the cover will act touncover a part of the top of the package to expose some of thecigarettes therein, as shown in Fig. 5. This opening moveno meat of thecover produces a spark by the frictional action of the abrasive strip 26against the upper end of the flint 27, the spark acting to lgnite theupper end of the wick 24.

The cover plate is provided with a cut-out section 28 which, when thecover is slid to its open position, becomes located in registration withthe wick 24, and serves 'to uncover the same so that the cigarette whichhas been extracted from, the package may be readily lighted by thesmoker. When the cover plate is slid to closed position by movement ofthe screw 19 to the left end of the slot 18, the flame of the wick 24 isextinguished, as a part of the plate, consisting of a flanged portion 29extends over and covers the upper end of the fuel chamber 21 and alsothe flint 27 and wick 24 extending upwardly from thefuel chamber.Located within the flange 29 is a pair of spaced flanges 30 whichcooperate with a portion of the flange 29 to form part of an enclosurefor the upper end of the wick. As the cover is slid to its closedposition, the flanges 30 cooperate with upwardly projecting wall 34 onthe screw 23 to form an enclosure for the wick, thus shutting off thesupply of air thereto and instantly snuffing out theflame.

The flint or pyrophoric substance 27 is normally held in contact withthe abrasive strip 26 by means of a lengthy coil spring 31, containedwithin a tube 32 extending through the fuel chamber 21, and the tensionof the spring and consequently the pressure of the flint 2''! isregulated by means of an adjusting screw 33 threaded intothe lower endof the tube 32.

It will be noted that the abrasive strip 26 is diagonally cut as clearlyshown in Fig. 4, this diagonal cutting of the surface to produceserrations therein, acting to direct the spark angularly toward the wickand insure positive ignition of the same, when the cover plate 17 isslid to its open position.

The operation of the device is extremely simple, since the lighter isautomatically ignited by the sliding movement of the cover necessary toopen the package, and is extinguished by a closing movement, so that thelighting of the cigarette is performed without any additional effort onthe partof the smoker.

What I claim is:

1. A device of the character described comprising, a frame for embracinga package of cigarettes, a sliding cover on said frame movable to exposethe tops of cigarettes contained in the package, a fuel reservoircarried by the frame and extending along one of the edges of thepackage, a wick extending from the top of said reservoir, a flintsupported adjacent to the wick, an abrasive member located on the underface of the cover and in contact with the flint so that when the coveris manually slid to an open position the wick will be ignited ,by thefrictional contact of the flint and the abrasive member, and a snuiflngdevice on the cover for extinguishing the wick when the cover is movedto closed position.

2. A device of the character described comprising, a frame for embracinga package of cigarettes, a pair of spaced top plates on said frame, theplates being shorter. than the package of cigarettes embraced bythe'frame so that said plates normally expose some of the cigarettes inthe package, a sliding cover plate normally covering the entire upperend of the package and movable between the top plates, a fuel reservoircarried by the frame and extending along one edge of the cigarettepackage, a wick protruding from said reservoir, cooperatingspark-causing elements carried by the sliding cover and frame, one ofsaid elements comprising an abrasive surface located on the under faceof the cover plate, means for enabling the cover plate to be manuallyslid between the top plates to cause said cover plate to expose the topsof some of the cigarettes in the package and to cause the wick to beignited, and means carried by the cover plate for extinguishing theflame of the wick when the cover plate is moved to a closed position.

3. A device of the character described comprising, a frame having a pairof side plates adapted to embrace a cigarette package between them, theupper ends of said side plates being connected by a fixed top plate ofless length than the top of the package, a sliding cover plate carriedby the top plate, said cover plate being of suflicient size to normallyclose the top of the package, a lighting device located at one end ofthe top plate and overlying an edge of the package, an igniting membercarried by the co er plate for igniting the lighting device when thecover plate is moved to a position to expose the contents of thepackage, and means on the cover plate for extinguishing the lightingdevice when the cover plate is moved to a closed position.

EDWARD B. \UILLIAMS.

